Heads up!

I know it has been a while since my last blog entry but hey as I said the last time life of a public relations student is hard, I've been busy with assignments most of them due this week. I was glad to find out I'm not the only one who stumbled into public relations and found my passion, anyway bumped into an old friend of mine Thandeka recently, hadn't seen my buddy in ages, the last time I saw her was in 2010 when she passed her matric. I can still remember the excitement on her face, a good day indeed. So we start catching up and she tells me she is now doing her 3rd year public relations at the Durban University of Technology, how time flies. she is now doing her in-service training(internship) there at the department of education. And went on telling me about how challenging it is as people she works with most of the time are students doing their B.ED, and they somehow take advantage as she is the youngest and her input is not always considered rigid by he older colleuges, which i guessed are challenges one had to face and be prepared for,  but on the plus side she told me how much she is enjoying the liaison with the various departments and also marketing the department she is working for. Her advice to fellow students, is that when you are opting for public relations as a career:



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• One should be able to address people;
• Persuade people into believing on what you are communicating to them; and
• Most importantly networking with the right people.

She added that finding in-service training requires

• One to be very active since there are a lot of university students looking for he same job;
• Must be able o market themselves; and
• Submit a CV that's up to standard. 

These are very important factors to keep in mind as it is not always about the marks you have obtained but what you have learnt throughout, how you where involved practically, and how you apply what you have learned with yourself first. And I for one totally agree, we must each learn from each other and my friend has sure given me a heads up. At least I now have an idea of whats required of me as as pr student and how to go about looking for my in-sevirce training. I hope all of you #PR_heads will find this information of use and those of you who have something to add please do drop a comment #Share_the_journey

And thats how the journey began...

Life of a student is hard but life of a Public Relation Student is even harder trust me I know, been there still there and how I wish I would say all of this in a past tense form but luckily I still have a year to go. Well I'm am here and I am going to enjoy this as much as possible. To be honest I am one of those students who never chose public relation as their first choice of study, I actually wanted to do Graphic Design and it was not even my second choice either, my second choice was Interior design, yes I know strange for a guy. Don't laugh yeah, public relations came after Interior Design, hence I ended up doing extended, but for some odd reason I have fallen in love with public relations, make that madly in love with it, I can  consider public relations my first love, OK now that's a bit too much.


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 This can easily be one of the best career paths one could take, I mean it is one of the few courses that evolve with the introduction of new technology(new media). You could actually have a dream job by just having a public relations qualification, work flexible hours or even work from home with the new tools for carrying out public relations which have been introduced by new media.

Hell you can even be in Fashion just by having a public relations qualification, how cool is that anyway where was I before I got carried away, oh! yes me choosing public relations as my last option, most learners don't even know that there is such a course as public relations until they matriculate and find themselves looking at a their results and a prospectus. Then the is the I don't know which career path to take after studying, as most of these students think public relations is all about event planning and stuff like that but it is more than that, public relations is growing in stature as more and more companies realise the value it adds to the company and the importance of stakeholder relations. Enough about that I'd love to know if there are any of you who chose public relations as their first choice of study and what inspired it or you  where just like me.... stumbled on a gold mine and ended up being a PR head.